Stefanos Sakellaridis and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Sakellaridis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Sakellaridis is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 1.615
Michael Geerts -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Sakellaridis vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Sakellaridis and Michael Geerts play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Geerts won 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula back in 2022.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-24 | 18-9 | 18-11 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-27 | 37-14 | 11-8 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 35-25 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, Sakellaridis reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Carboni 4-6 7-5 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Carboni, Sakellaridis had a free pass after Carboni retired on a 4-6 7-5 3-1 . scoreline.
Sakellaridis has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (282-232). 9-4 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sakellaridis has an overall144-87 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the New Delhi Challenger where he defeated Oliver Crawford in the final 7-5 4-6 7-6(6).
The Greek has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2026, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-19 | 16-13 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-34 | 27-15 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 297, the Belgian got to the 2nd round after beating Tiago Pereira 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-4 6-4). During the match Geerts scored 67 points vs Pereira’s 60. Geerts was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Geerts struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was very effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Pereira twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Geerts has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2026, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakellaridis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 88-76 | 67-60 |
| Total Points | 164 | 127 |
| Winners | 24 | 24 |
| %Winners | 27% | 36% |
Both Sakellaridis and Geerts played 1 match. At the moment, Stefanos Sakellaridis surrendered 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakellaridis has played 2 sets more than Geerts (4 vs 2). Therefore, Sakellaridis played 6 games more than Geerts. Sakellaridis scored 24 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts blasted 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakellaridis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/83 | 34/62 |
| %1st in | 55% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 24/46 | 24/34 |
| %1st pts | 52% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 68% |
Sakellaridis made 3 aces . Geerts struck 2 aces . Sakellaridis won 52% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakellaridis | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 64% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sakellaridis dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Sakellaridis | |||
| R1 Carboni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 88-76 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/83 | 46/83 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/46 | 24/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-60 | 67-60 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 34/62 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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